Improvement in bee-hives



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` ularlydescribed andspecified,7

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JONATHAN L. SMITH, or `LIBERTY eENTRn, oHIo.

Leafs Patent N0.^1o7,732, data september 27, 1870.

'y -IMPRQVEMENT iN BEE-elves.

` `.'l'he VSchedule referred t`o in these Letters Patent and making part of the same 13e it known anni, JONATHAN L. Smm, 'er Liuerty Gent-re, in thecounty of Henry and State of Ohio,

have invented new and usfulIinprovements in Beev Hive and I do hereby declare that the following `is Ua full and exact description ofthe same, reference beters of .reference rnarkedthereon. 1

This invention relatesto" certain improvements `in inghad to the accompanying drawingaud to the letbeehives, the 'de tails of which are hereinafter partic- `In the drawing-@w ,7 i F gure 1 representsa sectional vieivfof the hive,

` taken through from frontftorear; i l

`Figure 2, a transverse section, through the queen nursery; and ,1, i 7 7 i Figure 3, a front elevation. 7 o f The 7 genera-l 'construction `of myimproved 7hive` is not dissimilar tornany now` in use;v 7 7 l VIn the main` .box`A A, 'which I have shown asy provided with a door openiugfatg the` rear-,is an interior lrecei'ltacle, B, provided with` the honey-traine b b. 7

Thedoor of' this, interior "box is 'provided with `the inclined sides UO, having passages intozthe trianguf` ylar-sl1aped spacesbe1ow,"by` which inclined bottoms and openings any refuse matter may be easily removed by the bees, 0rr`oll dowuof its 'own weight.

The honeyi'raines are Vsuspended from the upper l part of the box, and are `otisha'pe adapted t'o thatot i the'boxitsell Above thereceptacleC another box, suitably Separated'fi'om the lower by the perforated passage.

7 It is divided by alongitluiinal partition into two com- 7 pertinents, in one `of Awhich I have suspended frames similar in lconstruction to` those below.7 Clhe other 7 halt' ofthefbox is divided` by transverse partitions 7 "into several-small spaces forthe queen nurseries, which trances, as clearly shown.

partitions are so constructed and arrL nged th'at they .may beremeved after the breeding season is over, and

the space supplied with honey-frames.

It is evident that as much of the upper box'as may be deemed necessarymay be used for the purpose of breeding in the season of it, and afterward suppliedk with honeyfframes. y

As the hive is provided with a hinged oever, the

upper box is accessible from above. A'libe rear is provided with an interior door, and the lower box'opens from behind, so that the lowerbox can be opened, and.-

frames iemoved or supplied without disturbing the upper, or eine versa'. A

The inner boxes are made sufficiently smaller than thefouter to leave all around anair-spaoe, the box being supported against'tbe sides bythe anges d d,

and, as the-lower part isrinclined tothe center, and

the box rests on the edge, it is wholly surrounded by an airspacaand thus the temperature/kept uniforin.

The front'is provided with openings e e, for ventilation, covered by buttons, and also with ledges and en- Having thus fully described my invention,

What I claim as new, anddesire t'o secure by Let--v Thedescribed hive, having inner lower box, with inclined perforated floor, lower spaces, and siur'oundf ing airspaees, and rear door, and with the convertible boxes above, hinged' cover,l and honey-drames, the whole being constructed and arranged as set forth.

Thisspeeiiication signed and witnessed this 19th v day of May, 1870.

' `J ONATHAN L. SMITH.`

Witnesses: 7 Y` GEORGE V.' LAMB, A. '.l.' SHAW. Y 

